NEW YORK – The plot was simple: Blow up a dozen U.S. jets with bombs assembled on board using liquid in household containers. It was 1995, and it was the idea of Ramzi Yousef, the man behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Yousef is now an inmate at the …
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We’ve been paying close attention to the war in Lebanon, a horrible situation taking Israeli and Lebanese lives, and giving terror groups like Hezbollah hope. Back here at home, no war. But news flash: People are getting killed. Nationwide at least 193 people have died since the heat wave settled …
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – An Australian tourist was found stabbed to death and his hotel room ransacked in the northern Jamaican resort town of Montego Bay, police said Saturday. Authorities were investigating the killing of 27-year-old Brian Johnston, of Melbourne, who was found Friday with multiple stab wounds, police Constable Richard …
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SAN DIEGO – More than 6,000 National Guard troops have been assigned to southwestern border states by the government’s Aug. 1 deadline — though only about half of them are on duty along the border, the Guard said Monday. Guard officials said 6,199 troops were somewhere in the four southwestern …
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – A jail inmate who was the object of a manhunt that enveloped the Virginia Tech campus following the slayings of a deputy sheriff and a hospital security guard was arraigned Tuesday on capital murder and other charges. William Morva, 24, was held without bond and was arraigned …
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This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” July 4, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JAMIE COLBY, GUEST HOST: Well, search dogs, investigators, family and friends, everybody joined in to try and find Renee Fox. She’s a 25-year- old mother, and she vanished in California. But, so …
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Want a jazz riff to accompany your video of cat tricks? How about an interesting kazoo piece to go with your compilation of biking bloopers? Pump Audio, a company that licenses the music of independent artists for use in television shows and commercials, will launch Monday …
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ATLANTA – The state Supreme Court reinstated Georgia’s constitutional ban on gay marriage Thursday, just hours after New York’s highest court upheld that state’s gay-marriage ban. The Georgia Supreme Court, reversing a lower court judge’s ruling, decided unanimously that the ban did not violate the state’s single-subject rule for ballot …
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LOS ANGELES – A studio executive scolded Lindsay Lohan in a letter for her behavior on a movie set and doubted her reasons earlier this week when she said she suffered from heat exhaustion. James G. Robinson, CEO of Morgan Creek Productions, sent the letter dated July 26 to the …
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WASHINGTON – House leaders cleared the way for a vote Thursday on renewing the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act after granting conservatives a chance to loosen requirements for bilingual ballots and restrictions on Southern states. The changes were not expected to be added to the legislation, which would renew for …
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